Secondary Sport

Redlands Rhino – Weekly Fixtures

Please note: Redlands Rhino has the most up-to-date weekly fixtures. This is uploaded every Tuesday afternoon at 4.00pm. Please ensure you check this with regards to game times, venues and oppositions.

Weekly Results

Head of Secondary Sport

I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley

The Invictus Games, named after the famous poem by William Ernest Henley, is an international adaptive multi-sport event, created by HRH Prince Harry, where wounded, injured or sick armed services personnel and their associated veterans take part in a range of sports. The ABC featured The Invictus Games on an episode of Australian Story on Monday night which highlighted the effect this charity has had on numerous individuals, families and communities. The ABC followed the story of Gary Robinson, a member of the 2nd Commando Regiment in the Special Forces of the Australian Army. Gary sustained severe injuries in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan in 2010. Gary is now a member of the Australian Invictus Games team and told his remarkable story of adversity and grit where he overcame significant physical, mental and emotional injuries he sustained in the crash.

Prince Harry created Invictus Games to enhance the power that sport has to make a positive impact on those individuals who have sustained injuries from war. The Invictus Games began in 2014 in London; the 2018 Games represent the fourth competition and will take place from 20-27 October in Sydney. What has become apparent since the Games inception, is the power sport can have on an individual, not just from a physical perspective but also through emotional and mental benefits. Prince Harry, when interviewed about the Games, highlighted that whilst we often see the physical injuries and trauma to these veterans “it is the mental injuries that are invisible”, “these Games demonstrate the power of sport for global communities to see people that should have been dead to just compete. Compete with joy on their faces and in their hearts”.  The term ‘Invictus’ is Latin for ‘unconquerable’ and the poem of the same name mentions the term, “my unconquerable soul” referring not to the physical but something stronger and more intangible, of mental strength and willpower from within the individual. At a superficial level, we know sport provides an outlet to ensure we maintain a degree of physical activity and health however, we all greatly underestimate the value and power sport possesses. Merely seeing sport as a physical activity leaves its rationale very short of its true value to individuals, families and communities. The story of the Invictus Games and an individual such as Gary Robinson, shows how sport can give people purpose and meaning by healing mental and emotional wounds as well as building social outlets to share and respect these difficulties with other people. Today mental health appears in some cases to still carry stigma. These games are an example of how sport can have a positive impact on the human spirit for individuals, families and their communities around them.

“The power of sport can change lives”, HRH Prince Harry.

Athletics

Redlands had a strong team of athletes compete at the NSW All Schools Athletics Championships in both track and field events against some of the best track and field athletes in Australia. We achieved some exceptional results including:

  • Ellis Teudt (Yr 11) placing 1st in the final of the 17 Years Boys 100m (11.45) qualifying for the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships
  • Alex York (Yr 10) placing first in the 15 Years Triple Jump (11.75m) qualifying for the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships
  • John Economides (Yr 12) placing 2nd in the final of the 18 Years Boys 200m (22.54)
  • Zachary Johnson (Yr 12) placing 2nd in the 19 Years Boys 1500m (4:28.45)

The following athletes also achieved some good results in their events:

  • Sam Chubb (Yr 7) 19th place in the 13 Years 90m Hurdles
  • Claudia Larsen (Yr 7) 14th place in the 13 Years High Jump
  • Liberty Jacob (Yr 9) 10th in the 15 Years Girls Javelin
  • Anna McCormack (Yr 10) 10th in the 16 Years Girls 100m Hurdles
  • Jasmine Chubb (Yr 11) 9th place in the 17 years girls 100m Hurdles
  • John Economides (Yr 12) 6th place in the 18 Years 100m

Congratulations to all these athletes on their excellent results. We wish Ellis and Alex the best of luck at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships which will be held from 7-9 December in Cairns, Queensland.

Basketball

Thank you to all of the Basketball players who attended the pre-season camp in Berry over the holidays. With former Sydney Kings Captain Tom Garlepp attending as a guest coach, it was a great opportunity for both players and coaches to learn from one of Sydney’s best. Our boys and girls teams had the opportunity to play against the Shoalhaven Tigers U16 Representative teams, with both of our teams putting what they had learnt into play to result in two big wins. Well done to all of the students.

Just a reminder that the Round 1 of the ISA Season will commence next Saturday 27 October. Please refer to Redlands Pulse for the draw and information relating to the upcoming season.

The Basketball AGM will be held next Thursday 25 October, 6.00-7.00pm in room L1.2. Please email Kate Seebohm to register your attendance.

ISA Representative Honours and Colours

Sydney Stuckman (Yr 11) – Football – ISA Colours
Katherine Stanbridge (Yr 10) – Football and Basketball – ISA Colours
Joh Sawa (Yr 11) – Football – ISA Colours
Daniel Knight (Yr 10) – U16 Years Football – ISA Representative Player
Anna McCormack (Yr 10) – U16 Years Hockey –  ISA Representative Player
Sophie McMillan (Yr 8) – U16 Years Hockey-  ISA Representative Player

Rowing

Summer Sports Pre-Season Camp

During the school holidays a number of our senior rowers headed to Berry as part of the Summer Sports Pre-Season Camp. We used this time to focus on single scull rowing where each student is in a boat by themselves but training together. The volume of work completed by the students was impressive, with some students covering up to 150km across the four days of camp. We also had the unique opportunity to train in an Octuple Scull for a session, this is an eight-person boat where each student has two sculling oars, something that is not typically seen often in Australia.

The skill development of spending that much time in the sculls will transfer into crew boats as we move through the season and already we can see a difference to our training sessions back on Middle Harbour in how confidently some of our rowers now move in the sculls.

Season Launch BBQ and Boat Naming – Saturday 20 October

This weekend our Rowing Parents and Friends Committee will be hosting a BBQ at Mosman Rowing Club from 12.00-1.30pm to formally launch the new Rowing season. As part of this, we will also be naming our newest boys quad that was delivered in March along with a number of unnamed sculls. This is an opportunity for us to acknowledge the contribution that people have made over a number of years to the Rowing program.

The new boy’s quad will be named after Lisa MacDonald. Lisa served as the President of the Rowing Parents and Friends group for a number of years where she was instrumental in the growth of our Corporate Rowing program that runs in May each year.

The sculls will be named after previous Captains of Rowing to acknowledge their leadership and contribution to the program. These previous captains are as follows:
Harriet MacDonald – 2014/2015 Captain
Molly Parker – 2015/2016 Girls Captain
James Townsend – 2015/2016 Girls Captain
Beth O’Sullivan – 2016/2017 Girls Captain
Freddy Learoyd – 2016/2017 Boys Captain
Natasha Barac – 2017/2018 Girls Captain
Gabe O’Sullivan – 2017/2018 Boys Captain

Up Coming Regattas

Sat 27 October – Hunter Valley Grammar School Regatta (Berry Park, Newcastle)
Sun 18 November – Rowing NSW Independent Schools Championships (SIRC, Penrith)

Touch Football

Over the Term 3 holidays, our 1stVI Girls Touch Football team, along with six development players, travelled to Berry to participate in the Summer Pre-Season Camp. Not only was this a wonderful opportunity to travel and build cohesion as a squad, it was also, and more importantly, a chance to upskill and develop as players. All of the girls were brilliant, their attitude and approach to the training sessions always being positive, and to see how far these players have come across those four days was one of the most promising aspects of the Camp. There were some very tough fitness sessions, early mornings and double sessions in the rain but all of the athletes faced these challenges head on and supported their teammates.

This Camp was the perfect way for our 1st VI Girls to work with their coaches in preparation for what will be a very tough ISA Competition and I would like to congratulate all of the athletes who attended. I would like to especially thank our new Touch Football Captain for 2018, Caitlin Du Plooy, her leadership and positivity across the entire Camp, especially towards our youngest athletes, was so encouraging to see and was such a benefit for her coaches.

Waterpolo

Congratulations to Maddy Hampton-Vickers (Yr 10) who, during the holidays, represented Sydney University at the U16s National Waterpolo Championships. Maddy and her team finished in 3rd place which is a fantastic achievement.

Mr Tom Kindred
Head of Secondary School Sport
sports@redlands.nsw.edu.au

All Sports contacts can be found on Redlands Pulse.​